piano scale
E blues
E1G♭3A4B♭♭5B5D♭7
Minor pentatonic with one note squeezed in between the fourth and the fifth. It is written as a flattened fifth, so the fifth letter carries both of them and the fourth keeps its own.
Written out
Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.
The step pattern
EW+HGWAHB♭HBW+HDWE
What is true of it
E blues is E, G, A, B♭, B and D, and back to E.
Its steps are W+H – W – H – H – W+H – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.
Chords made only of these notes
Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 6 sounds, not chosen.
Other scales on E
E major pentatonicpentatonicE minor pentatonicpentatonicE major bluespentatonicE majormajorE natural minorminorE harmonic minorminor
C bluesC♯ bluesD♭ bluesD bluesD♯ bluesE♭ bluesF bluesF♯ bluesall 374